Global Cigarette Rolling Paper Market Overview

According to Global Market Monitor, the global cigarette rolling paper market size will be $2159.13 million in 2024 with a CAGR of 2.37% from 2024 to 2029.

Cigarette rolling paper is a special paper used to roll cigarettes. It is made of hemp pulp or mixed with natural fibers such as wood pulp and fillers such as calcium carbonate, with a small number of additives added. The appearance is generally white. There are two types of ribs and no ribs. The paper is required to have low transparency, uniformity, no blisters, no peculiar smell, good combustibility, high tensile strength, gray and white after burning, and adhesion. The role of cigarette paper mainly includes: wrapping shredded tobacco, adjusting the burning speed of cigarettes, and reducing harmful components in the smoke to the human body through air permeability.

The increase in demand for cigarettes will promote the development of the cigarette paper industry.

With the rapid development of the cigarette industry, the market has gradually matured, and supply and demand have gradually been balanced. The new capacity of cigarettes and the price of tobacco are both stable and fluctuating. The cigarette industry will continue to grow steadily in the future, which will directly drive the demand for cigarette paper. On the one hand, global population growth and increased demand from the younger generation will drive cigarette sales growth; on the other hand, although cigarette prices are slightly lower in emerging economies, consumption in these regions has increased significantly. In addition, the increase in female smokers, the improvement of living standards, and smoking have become a fashion, diversifying the business scope of cigarette paper manufacturers.

The high-end cigarette paper market will continue to expand.

As low-tar cigarettes have become the focus of tobacco control in various countries, high-permeability cigarette papers have formed a strong alternative advantage to low-grade cigarette papers under the tobacco tar reduction policy. At the same time, tobacco brands have increased their investment in high-end low-tar cigarette products, greatly improving the level of low-tar cigarettes. This will continue to promote the improvement of cigarette paper; the core is to improve the air permeability. Therefore, high-permeability paper has become a powerful weapon to increase air permeability and reduce tar content.

By application, the Low Tar segment occupied the biggest share. Low-tar cigarettes are cigarettes that are said to release less tobacco tar when ingested than regular cigarettes. Low-tar cigarettes have been proven to be no safer than regular cigarettes. Smoking low-tar cigarettes does not reduce the risk of cancer or other diseases. People who smoke low-tar cigarettes inhale tobacco tar, nicotine, and harmful carcinogenic chemicals in the same amount as ordinary cigarettes, depending on how the cigarette is smoked.